I have done a ton, and back in sept - oct of last year, you can find a bunch of people talking that the 8700 would be out for Verizon and Cingular and Sprint.
I assumed that the reason it is not out for the systems it is not out for yet, is do to the lawsuit.
If that is not the reason, and it is because it has not been designed, then oh well, guess I will get the 7250.

Anybody have a reason why I should not get the 7250 and hold my breath for the 8700 on Sprint?

I have done a ton, and back in sept - oct of last year, you can find a bunch of people talking that the 8700 would be out for Verizon and Cingular and Sprint.
I assumed that the reason it is not out for the systems it is not out for yet, is do to the lawsuit.
If that is not the reason, and it is because it has not been designed, then oh well, guess I will get the 7250.

Anybody have a reason why I should not get the 7250 and hold my breath for the 8700 on Sprint?

Duckman748

First it had to go through the exclusive period that Cingular has with BB. Second I think it will be out on T Mobile before the rest. I would give VZW and Sprint about at least 6 months before they see the 8700 series any where on there service. The law suite had nothing to do by them not having it.

Bell Mobility is working on releasing a version of the 8700, due out around possibly Christmas time. Since Bell Mobility is aligned with Sprint and thier hardware, I would assume that Sprint would also be getting the device before Bell Mobility does.

Last I heard, which was last month, Bell Mobility is aiming for the second half of this year. Realistically though, that usually means aleast 4th quarter before we actually see the device.
I hope that is what you were asking?
I'm a newbie, but not a newbie to blackberries.

CDMA devices are normally months or years behind their GSM counterparts. Sprint was the last carrier to pick up the BlackBerry and Verizon seems to lag even the rest in bring out BlackBerrys. Just past experiences. Hence I asked which year, 2006 or 2007.

Very true, GSM is always ahead of CDMA, and always will be. I think the pressure is being put on to close the gap between the release of a GSM and CDMA devices. I find up here we are about 9 months or so behind the GSM devices, which is much better than it used to be.

C'mon. I'm sure there's going to be an 8700 cdma model. Eventually. I beliebe gsm would get theirs first simply for the relationship RIM has with ATT/Cingular and simply because gsm is easier to develop for vs. Cdma (and its qualcomm patents.)

Anybody have a reason why I should not get the 7250 and hold my breath for the 8700 on Sprint?

Duckman748

I have had the 7250 for Sprint for about 5 months now and it has been great. If you could be sure the 8700 was out in the next month, then I'd say just wait, but who knows when it will be and the rumormill will only keep you frustrated. I loaded 4.1 from Telstra and have the MacBerry theme and love it. Just thought I'd answer that part for you. Good luck.

I hope it's true. At first I was very much opposed to the idea of a SureType keyboard, but considering that there's no sign in the horizon of a Sprint 8700, I'm ready to try the 7130. I've seen the VZW version in person and it looks great.